Afflatus

af·fla·tus (-flts)
n.
A strong creative impulse, especially as a result of divine inspiration.
[Latin affltus, from past participle of afflre, to breathe on : ad-, ad- + flre, to blow; see bhl- in Indo-European roots.]
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